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Bulgaria Wins Bronze at World Wrestling Championship
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Stanka Zlateva won in the challenge for the bronze medal. Photo by EPA/BGNES
Stanka Zlateva brought the first medal for Bulgaria from the World Wrestling Championship in the Danish town of Herning after beating Svetlana Saenko of Ukraine by 2-0 parts (1-0, 1-0) in the challenge for the bronze medal.
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